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· 1/31/1955

Hendrickson v. Pennsylvania

Citations

  • 348 U.S. 931

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “[s]ecrecy of settlement terms ... is a well-established Ameri- can litigation practice”
  • applying Martindell standard and denying a request by New York State to intervene in a private antitrust action to access sealed documents
  • directing the district court to apply the Martindell test to a state attorney general’s request to intervene in a private antitrust proceeding to modify a protective order
  • papers would not have existed but for magistrate’s personal assurances of confidentiality
  • upholding protective order covering “all matters related to discovery”
  • “Secrecy of settlement terms is a well-established American litigation practice.”

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